May 30th, 2018

Cercle Cité, Luxembourg

#SFFL18

Master of Ceremony: Judith Bogner 8:30 REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE 9:00 WELCOME ADDRESS Nicolas Mackel, CEO, Luxembourg for Finance 9:05 KEYNOTE SPEECH HE Pierre Gramegna, Minister of Finance, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 9:20 KEYNOTE SPEECH Towards an EU strategy on sustainable finance Ugo Bassi, Director, DG FISMA - Financial Markets, European Commission 9:35 PANEL DISCUSSION Policy-driven or market-driven? Finding the right path to make finance more sustainable The discussion will shine a light on regulatory and market developments that drive finance to include more than just financial returns and at the same time make sustainable finance more mainstream. Moderator: Judith Bogner, independent journalist • Julie Becker, Head of International Primary Markets, Member of the Executive Committee and member of the EU High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance, Luxembourg Stock Exchange • Reinhard Bütikofer, Member of the European Parliament (Alliance 90/The Greens) • Dr. Angela Falconer, Associate Director, Climate Policy Initiative • Jonathan Taylor, Vice President, European Investment 10:20 COFFEE BREAK 10:40 PANEL DISCUSSION Call of duty: the asset management industry’s role in sustainable investment What impact are asset managers having in the fight against climate change? Topics to be discussed include: current trends and opportunities for sustainable investment management, asset classes and capital flows, as well as investment impact. Moderator: Hugh Wheelan, Managing Editor, Responsible Investor • Ana Harris, CFA, Managing Director, Head of Equity Portfolio Strategy EMEA, State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) • Florian Meister, Managing Director, Finance in Motion • Valeria Piani, Director, Sustainable Investing, UBS • Sylvie Préa, CSR Director, Société Générale 11:25 CAPITAL MARKETS KEYNOTE Dr. Frank M Hatheway, Chief Economist, Nasdaq 11:45 PANEL DISCUSSION Taking stock: How can capital markets contribute to a sustainable and low-carbon economy? Green, social and sustainable bonds are growing in popularity. How can investors be sure that the capital is being deployed sustainably? Beyond bonds: where will the next product innovations come in sustainable finance? Moderator: Susanne Bergius, independent journalist • Amine Bel Hadj Soulami, Global Head Sustainable Investments, BNP CIB • Dr. Maximilian Horster, Managing Director, ISS Ethix • Peter Munro, Director, Green Bond Principles Secretariat, ICMA • Robert Scharfe, CEO, Luxembourg Stock Exchange 12:30 NETWORKING LUNCH 13:45 Sustainable finance products and the challenge to satisfy investor demand A hands-on panel on the availability of sustainable asset classes for individual and institutional clients and the optimum structures for such investments on the one hand, and customer’s expectations and needs on the other hand. Moderator: Denise Voss, Chairman, ALFI • Hugo Lasat, CEO, Degroof Petercam Asset Management • Aldo Romani, Deputy Head of Euro Funding, European Investment Bank • Fabrice Sauvignon, CEO, La Mondiale Europartner • Béatrice Verger, Head of SRI Deevelopment and Promotion, BNP Paribas Asset Management 14:30 The way to transparency: sustainability standards and reporting There is a lot of work being done on national as well as international level, but how far are we away from a common taxonomy for sustainability underpinning standards and labels? And how can the industry provide investors with data on the impact of their sustainable investments? Moderator: Mario Mantrisi, General Manager, LuxFLAG • Don Gerritsen, Head of Benelux, UNPRI • Dr. Julia Haake, Head of Responsible Investment Advisory, ISS-oekom • Karthik Iyer, Commercial Director, Climate Bonds Initiative • Oriane Schoonbroodt, Executive Director, Label R 15:15 COFFEE BREAK 15:45 Impact plus - stories from the field An overview of concrete projects, their financing needs, the challenges they face, as well as the concrete impacts investment managers can make. Moderator: Judith Bogner, independent journalist • Tanmay Chetan, CEO, Agora Microfinance • Ximena Escobar de Nogales, Head of Impact Management, Bamboo Capital Partners • Xavier Heude, Co-Managing Director, Backbone • Dirk Müller-Remus, Founder & Managing Director, Diversicon 16:30 ANNOUNCEMENT CEREMONY 1st cohort of asset managers to the International Climate Finance Accelerator, Luxembourg 17:00 CLOSING OF THE SUSTAINABLE FINANCE FORUM LUXEMBOURG

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